Project Motor Racing Complete Racing Wheel Guide

Out of the gate at launch, Project Motor Racing has had an OK response to its driving physics. Slower speed cars such as the Mazda MX-5 Cup car have faired better with a good driving feel and force feedback. However, when you progress up to faster cars such as the hypercars, the handling can become a little… strange.

Adjusting your racing wheel settings can help counter this, and make Project Motor Racing more enjoyable and easier to control. In this guide, I’m going to run through how best to set up your racing wheel for Project Motor Racing.

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Project Motor Racing wheel settings explained

The first step to really understanding how to improve the handling and force feedback in Project Motor Racing is to look at the controller and wheel settings available. Below is an overview of all wheel and force feedback settings in Project Motor Racing and what each setting changes.

You can find all of these settings in the input device settings, accessible from the home screen.

• Global Force Feedback Gain
  The overall strength of the wheel’s feedback.
  Higher = heavier and more pronounced.
  The default (100) leaves headroom so big hits like kerbs or collisions don’t clip or feel flat.
• Low Force Boost
  Adds weight and detail to the small forces near the centre of the wheel: This is useful for lower-end wheels that can feel “dead” around centre.
• Brake Feel Boost
  Enhances how much you feel from braking forces through the front tyres. Use it to make the car’s weight transfer more noticeable, but too high can make the wheel feel jittery and even chaotic at extreme values.
• Force Feedback Smoothing
  Traditional low pass filter smoothing. Smooths out the overall feedback signal, removing rough or noisy spikes. Turn this up if the wheel feels too harsh but remember, too much will make the FFB feel dull and vague.
• Force Feedback Headroom
  As force feedback gain is reduced, the difference between the normal driving signal and the maximum signal that can be sent to the wheel increases. This spare signal is the “headroom”.
  Controls how much extra force range is reserved for sudden impacts. Note: This setting has far more impact when the FFB gain (see above) is set to low (as that creates more headroom).
  More headroom = harder hits.
  Reduce this if crashes feel too violent and be cautious when changing the recommended settings with direct-drive wheels. Results can be violent.
• Haptic Strength
  For gamepads and wheels. This changes how strong rumble cues are for grip loss, kerbs, or impacts. Think of it as a “vibration volume knob” since gamepads do not respond to force feedback but rely on “haptics”, which are audio driven signals that give information about the behaviour of the vehicle.
  

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Recommended wheel settings for all wheels

Now we know what each wheel setting changes, let’s look at the best racing wheel settings for Project Motor Racing. I’m going to provide our recommended settings that feel good as a baseline for most racing wheels.

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Depending on which racing wheel you are using for Project Motor Racing, you may want slightly different force feedback settings. This is because using racing wheels of different strengths will drastically change how the force feedback feels.

The settings below can be used as a good benchmark for all direct drive racing wheels.

Setting	Value
Steering Pad Deadzone	5
Steering Pad Saturation Zone	50
Steering Pad Sensitivity	80
Steering Pad Lock Scale	50
Global Force Feedback Gain	100
Low Force Boost	5
Force Feedback Detail	25
Force Feedback Smoothing	5
Force Feedback Headroom	100
Haptic Strength	50
Throttle Pedal Deadzone	0
Throttle Pedal Saturation Zone	100
Throttle Pedal Sensitivity	100
Brake Pedal Deadzone	5
Brake Pedal Saturation Zone	80
Brake Pedal Sensitivity	100
Clutch Pedal Deadzone	5
Clutch Pedal Saturation Zone	85
Clutch Pedal Sensitivity	100

Below are all of our force feedback settings guides for Project Motor Racing. This list will be updated as we add more setting recommendations.

• Project Motor Racing Fanatec wheel settings
• Project Motor Racing MOZA wheel settings
• Project Motor Racing Logitech G923 wheel settings
• Project Motor Racing Logitech Pro Wheel settings
• Project Motor Racing Simucube wheel settings
• Project Motor Racing Asetek wheel settings

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How to set up any racing wheel in Project Motor Racing

When starting Project Motor Racing for the first time, you’ll run through a wheel setup process, similar to how iRacing works. you’ll be asked to calibrate your wheel and pedals by following some simple instructions.

Below is a quick step-by-step guide on how to set up any racing wheel with Project Motor Racing.

1. Connect your racing wheel to your PC or console
   First off, ensure your wheel is connected and powered on.
2. Update the firmware
   With a new game release, its always worth updating the firmware of your wheel. Sometimes this can enable support or make the force feedback feel better in-game.
3. Start Project Motor Racing and follow the wheel setup instructions
   When you start PMR with a wheel connected, you’ll be asked to calibrate your wheel and pedals. Follow the on screen instructions to do this. It involves rotating your wheel, pressing on your throttle and brake and assigning shifter inputs.
4. Update your button mapping
   With Project Motor Racing started, head into the settings to update any button inputs. You can do this to assign inputs such as camera change, and how you control your in-game dashboard.
5. Update your in-game force feedback settings
   Scroll down to the Input Device Settings, which is where you change your force feedback settings. Use our recommended FFB settings above to improve the feel of your wheel compared to the default settings.

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Which racing wheel is best for Project Motor Racing?

With Project Motor Racing launching on all consoles as well as PC, your choice of racing wheel can be pretty large. There are so many wheels to choose from across each platform. We have created a complete buyer’s guide to the best racing wheels for Project Motor Racing.

In that guide, I recommend the best wheels across a range of categories, for each console and across different budgets. If you’re short on time, below is my top choice for the very best all-round wheel for Project Motor Racing, and it’s a wheel that works on every console.

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• Written by Rich Article updated on November 25, 2025 Tags: Asetek, Fanatec, Logitech, MOZA Racing, Sim Racing How To Guides, Simucube, Thrustmaster, Project Motor Racing

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